If it is only to fight the Ostrogoths and Gepids, all the ministers think that the problem is not big, in recent years, after the continuous suppression and blockade of the Great Qin Empire, the strength of the Ostrogoths and Gepid has been greatly weakened, and there are few soldiers left, only a small number of soldiers and horses can be dealt with.

At this time, these two tribes were suppressed in the southwest of Pannonia, the Alps in the south, and the Great Qin Empire in the north continued to suppress and compress their living space, in the case of extremely harsh living conditions, the population of the Ostrogoths and Gepid people decreased sharply, but Diodormir and Aldaric knew that they could not let this situation continue, but they had no good way to change this situation, they had tried to expand to the north again with their backs to the Alps, but the Great Qin Empire was under the rule of Qin Dong, Not only did they not give in at all, but they also fought-for-tat everywhere, often sending a small number of cavalry to harass them, so as not to make the life of these two tribes easier.

Qin Dong thinks that now is the time to solve the two big problems of the Ostrogoths and the Gepids, after all, it was these two tribes who messed up the Xiongnu Empire, tore the Xiongnu Empire apart, and let Erak Dadan die on the battlefield, this hatred is impossible to forget lightly for the people of the Great Qin Empire, who continued the rule of the Xiongnu Empire, the northern barbarians' view of hatred is blood for blood, tooth for tooth, just like the wolf This kind of creature, the wolf is very vindictive, and the same is true for the barbarians in the north, So the Ostrogoths and Gepid had to fight, not only but fiercely, preferably exterminating their people, killing all their men, old men and children.

I heard that the Ostrogoths and Gepid were going to be beaten. Suhe, Zheli, Tolong, Muren, Batu, Feltun, Agul and others were all in favor, and they were either Huns or Skirs, and they belonged to the hawks. They had a natural desire for war, and at the same time, as the Huns and Skirs, they had hatred for the Ostrogoths and Gepids, so they strongly supported Qin Dong's decision to immediately send troops against the Ostrogoths and Gepids.

However, among the civil officials, there are some people who are lovers of pacifism, including a series of officials such as the Prime Minister Pethius and the Imperial Emperor Zhonghui of the Imperial Procuratorate, many of whom are headed by Pethius from Western Rome or Eastern Rome, and some from Greece. Some of the officials led by Zhong Hui were Han officials from the Northern Wei Dynasty, who were relatively mild in temperament and not aggressive. Generally speaking, as long as other countries do not provoke the Great Qin Empire, they all advocate being kind to others and do not start wars lightly, these people are all doves. These officials were not very supportive of Qin Dong's decision to send troops against the Ostrogoths and Gepids. There are several reasons not to support it. One is that the treasury is empty, and it is impossible to raise the military expenses of the army in a short period of time, the other is that sending troops to fight will cost the people and money, and the war will greatly hinder the economic development of the country, and there is also a reason that the Great Qin Empire should maintain peace with neighboring countries diplomatically and should not take the initiative to attack other countries.

Qin Dong scoffed at all these reasons, what empty treasury, waste of money and labor, and peaceful diplomacy were all excuses for not wanting to start a war, and these officials of the main peace faction had no aggressiveness in their bones. I don't want to get along with other countries, but I often make trouble in the domestic officialdom. It really belongs to the kind of role that is a layman in foreign wars and insiders in civil wars.

Qin Dong's determination to fight the Ostrogoths and Gepids was very resolute, which made Petus and the others very helpless, and Peteus asked: "Your Majesty, why are you in such a hurry to fight the Ostrogoths and Gepids?" Can't we just wait? It's not too late to fight when our treasury is full! ”

Qin Dong raised his hand to stop Pethius from continuing: "Prime Minister, if the imperial court is doing a good job, generally speaking, it is the most reasonable to have a certain fiscal deficit every year, and it is also the most beneficial to economic development, but if the imperial court has a large surplus every year, it means that your work has not been done properly, the money has been collected by the imperial court, and the people still have extra money in their hands?" In this era, it is an era of frequent wars, so the imperial court must reserve funds for the war budget when making the financial budget of various departments every year, which is a must, if you don't budget for war expenses, once the war starts, the treasury has no money, how can the war be fought? Aren't we going to throw in the towel? After all, the outbreak of war is not controlled by you and me, you don't want to fight others, what should you do if others come to fight you? ”

"Ugh! This ......" Peteus was so blocked by Qin Dong's words that he couldn't speak, so he had to ask: "Okay, then Your Majesty, I don't know which general Your Majesty is going to send as the commander this time to attack the Ostrogoths and Gepids?" ”

Before Qin Dong could speak, Su He stood up and accused Peteaus: "Your Excellency, it seems that which general to send to the expedition seems to be a matter of our Military Aircraft Academy, and it has nothing to do with state affairs, right?" Isn't the Prime Minister a little too lenient? ”

Qin Dong saw that the ministers were arguing again, and immediately stopped: "Okay, this is a matter of the Military Aircraft Academy, but when the prime minister asks, I can also sue you, after all, this opponent is not an ordinary person, Diodemir and Aldaric are not fuel-efficient lamps, Elak Shan Yu died in their hands, although their strength has been sharply reduced, we still can't underestimate the enemy, so this time I still plan to lead the army myself, everyone give up the attempt to persuade me not to lead troops, I will not agree, Which general is guaranteed to defeat Diodmir and Ardarik? Didn't you? So I can only meet them myself! ”

A few people were about to be persuaded, but after listening to Qin Dong's words, they dispelled the idea of admonishment, and everyone had to agree, and it was decided at this time.

Qin Dong said again: "This matter is kept secret for the time being, all departments are preparing first, now is the hot summer, wait for the weather to turn cool, and then we will find trouble for the Ostrogoths and Gepids!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After a few days, Qin Dong inspected the situation in all walks of life in the area around Saidika, and as soon as he returned to the palace, he saw Hadlin, the chief of the chamberlain, running over in a hurry and shouting: "Your Majesty, it's not good, it's not good, it's not good......."

When Qin Dong saw Hadlin's appearance, he frowned and scolded, "What are you panicking about? Even-out your breath and talk about it! ”

"Yes, yes, Majesty!" Hadrin gasped a few times and finally evened out his breath, "I don't know what's going on,

His Royal Highness has been unconscious since the morning, and now the imperial doctors are treating him, but there has been no good way to make His Royal Highness the Prince wake up! ”

"What?" Qin Dong's face changed when he heard this, "Let's go!" Before he finished speaking, he walked briskly towards the palace.

The group soon arrived at Queen Martha's bedroom, Qin Dong walked over quickly, and the people inside all knelt down and saluted when they saw Qin Dong coming, Qin Dong waved his hand and said, "Okay, get up, how is the situation of the prince?" ”

The maids and the palace physicians all got out of the way, Qin Dong walked to the couch and looked at the prince Qin Zheng, Qin Zheng's face was pale and he was lying on the couch, and Martha was sitting on the couch with tears on her face.

An imperial doctor reported with a ashamed face: "Your Majesty, the ministers are incompetent, and they have not diagnosed the illness of the prince until now, and the ministers deserve death!" ”

Qin Dong was so angry that he immediately wanted to kill people, but he still held back, it was useless to kill these imperial doctors at this time, the key was to wake people up, he quickly thought of Charlie Cao, these imperial doctors are all Western doctors, and they are also considered to be top doctors in this era, but these people's medical skills in this era are too far behind Chinese medicine, and here only Charlie Cao knows Chinese medicine, and the medical skills are still very good, he immediately said: "Pass the decree, let the national teacher Charlie Cao enter the palace quickly with the medicine box!" ”

"Yes!" The eunuch on duty agreed and went out to deliver the decree.

Before Charlie Cao arrived, Qin Dong checked his son's physical condition, and there were no obvious external injuries, which could rule out the possibility of being injured and unconscious, but other than that, Qin Dong couldn't do anything about it.

Charlie Cao quickly came after learning of the situation, "I've seen Your Majesty!" Charlie Cao bowed respectfully.

Qin Dong hurriedly said: "Get up, Lao Cao, help me take a look at Zheng'er, I think there is no one else here except you who has a way to make Zheng'er wake up!" ”

"Your Majesty is serious, the old minister will do his best!"

As he spoke, Charlie Cao began to diagnose Qin Zheng who was lying on the couch, asking about some information while calling the pulse, which was answered by Queen Martha and the maids one by one.

Charlie Cao didn't stop for a long time, his brows furrowed, and Qin Dong asked when he saw this, "What?" Lao Cao, can't even you diagnose it? ”

Charlie Cao looked at the people around him, but he didn't speak, his expression stopped talking, Qin Dong knew what he meant, waved his hand to the others and said, "The queen and the imperial doctors stay, and the others all go out!" ”

All the irrelevant people quickly retreated, and Qin Dong said: "There are no irrelevant people here, Lao Cao, what's going on?" ”

Charlie Cao saluted and said: "Your Majesty, judging from the old minister's diagnosis of the prince's pulse, the pulse shows that the prince's sign seems to have been poisoned, but from the observation of the situation, it doesn't look like a sign of poisoning, which is really incredible, so the old minister doesn't dare to draw conclusions!" ”

"Poisoned?" Qin Dong was stunned when he heard this, "Are you sure it's poisoned?" ”

Charlie Cao shook his head and said: "No, this phenomenon is too strange, on the surface, His Royal Highness the Prince's face is only a little pale, other vital signs are normal, and there are no traces of injuries on his body, but the pulse shows that His Royal Highness the Prince seems to be poisoned!" ”

At this time, a court physician whispered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the minister heard that there is a bird living on the Pannonian grassland, the feathers of this bird are colorful, very beautiful, but rich in poison, if its toxin is ingested, the symptoms of the table are just like His Royal Highness the Prince, just now the minister did not expect that His Royal Highness the Prince would be poisoned, so he didn't think about it, after listening to the national teacher said that it might be poisoned, the minister remembered this poison!" (To be continued......)